The Menzingers - Gates Ukulele

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Gates - The Menzingers - On The Impossible Past
Standard Tuning (EADGBe)
CAPO 1st FRET
Arranged by Jack Cookson (Torn_Asunder)
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Chords used:

Mute/Don't play the strings marked with an 'x'

F   (320033)
F   (x32010)
G   (x00232)
Dm  (022000)
Dm  (x02210)
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Intro:
 
F Dm F - this three times in arpeggios
THEN
F Dm F G Dm G F - strummed. listen for the changes!


Verse One:
F
I am the pain that bleeds through your temples 

Every morning when you wake up 
Dm
I am the boy with alcohol poisoning 
F
 
That summer that they took us in 

Like every other American 
Dm
For getting drunk in back of the Lion's Club 
F                                        G
Waiting for the sh*tty bands to finish up 
                 Dm              G
Then some kids played hacky sack 
                           F
While the others just got high 


Interlude: F Dm F G Dm G F


Verse 2:
F
It's not hard to fall for a waitress 

When you both smoke 

Smoke the same cigarettes 
Dm
You'll get seated as diners lovers
F 
You'll get the check that Scranton's for the better 
G                                 Dm        
You'll carve your names into the Parpat Cliffs 
           G                  F
Just read them when you get old enough to know
 
That happiness is just a moment 


Chorus x2:
    F                        F       F
So I'm marching up to your gates today 
   Dm               F
To throw my lonely soul away 
      F          
'Cause I don't need it 
F         F       Dm   F
You can take it back 


Bridge:
     Dm               F            F
And they will make examples out of us 
                 G                          Dm
Like when they caught you in the CVS parking lot 
       F
But I fed the liars, I fed the liars, I fed the liars
F 
Everything I got 
Dm
Everything I got
      F
in my cabinet brain 
     F
Of canned thoughts 
     F
Everything I've got 
          Dm
It was everything I've got 
         F
In my cabinet brain, in my cabinet brain


Chorus x2:
   F                        F       F
So I'm marching up to your gates today 
   Dm               F
To throw my lonely soul away 
      F          
'Cause I don't need it 
F         F       Dm   F
You can take it back 


Outro:
    F                        F       F
So I'm marching up to your gates today 
   Dm               F     F    F     F
To throw my lonely soul away 


Dm
Yeah I don't need it 
F                    F
You can take it back